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      02-09-2021, 09:53 PM   #36
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It's fast and all. It even has a long battery life between charges. But you're giving up on a lot of ports that are still popular; USB A, SD which are plentiful on the old MacBook going down to 2 USB C ports. One of which may be charging your computer. If you got the old MacBook Air with Magsafe port, you'll be losing that too. I know you can by a plug in magnetic USB C but it sticks out of the laptop and it limits your charging amp too.

It's supposed to be able to run iOS apps if you don't mind it being a little buggy.

But I am tempted as well since my MacBook Air has seen better days.
Just got mine, it is crazy fast, the only computer you'll ever need. I got an adapter for the missing ports, not an issue. You won't mind and the MacBook Air hasn't had them for a few years now. Battery last forever, and no fan so no noise and it doesn't even get warm. It's great that it runs most iOS apps, my ring and wyze camera apps now work on my Mac and are more stable and load faster than they do on my 2018 iPhone 10s max. You won't regret it, $899 with student discount and less then $1000 with tax and shipping. They don't really check if you're a student. Blows the doors off the 16" intel Mac that costs thousands more, honestly apple is canabalizing their own computers with these cheaper and faster models. All you need is the base config.
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